Book De*ion
Pal is a pup who’s a bit on the quiet side. But after some gentleprodding and encouragement from a few “talkative” friends, the pupfinds the courage to speak up and take his final bow-wow!

From Booklist
Reviewed with Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook's Mouse'sHide-and-Seek Words.

PreS-K. These effective new books from the Step into Reading seriesare labeled "phonics--ready to read." In Pup, this means usingrhyme and repetition; in Hide-and-Seek Words, it means findingsmall words in big ones. A small, black-and-white dog greets hisnew owner, but unlike the other animals, who quack, honk, and oinkwith impunity, Pal says nothing. When a cat meows at him, Palfinally speaks his piece: "Bow wow wow." Prereaders can use theirskills to match the animals with their sounds. The book extends theconcept by introducing sounds made by inanimate objects such astrains and tugs. The colorful pages feature sprightly, simplyshaped characters and animals. Hide-and Seek Words stretchesreaders a bit more with its word-within-a-word concept. In onepicture, for instance, the busy mouse rides a train; in the nextpicture it starts to rain. The word rain is highlighted in redwithin the word train. Plate/late, trip/rip, string/ring are just afew of the combinations, all of which work very well with the peppyart.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Ilene Cooper

Card catalog de*ion
After Bo and Pal, his silent new puppy, go for a walk and hear thevarious sounds of animals and objects around them, Pal finallyspeaks up.

Book Dimension
length: (cm)19.7 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.8

蘭登書屋出版社出版的Step into Reading分級閱讀系列，致力于為孩子們創造最成功的閱讀體驗。這套系列叢書熱銷二十五年，全系列主要共分為1-5個級別（另增加了導讀與獨立閱讀兩個系列），每頁包含2-60個單詞，適合學齡前兒童至小學生閱讀。整套系列都是原汁原味的英語原版圖書，書中用詞地道，詞匯豐富，插畫漂亮，有助于改善孩子的英語閱讀能力。本系列書籍的內容包羅萬象，有圖畫書、數學、經典童話故事、勵志故事和科普類等。